A DC autotransformer design for medium and high voltage DC transmission systems

Autor: Shehab Ahmed, Barry W. Williams, Grain Philip Adam, I. A. Gowaid, Ahmed Massoud
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018).
DOI: 10.1109/cpe.2018.8372549
Popis: This paper studies a dc-dc converter topology dual to the ac autotransformer for medium and high voltage dc-dc conversion. Operation with trapezoidal modulation is analyzed where the dc autotransformer is built of transition-arm bridges. This structure features less power electronics installation and energy storage capacity as compared to counterparts operating in sinusoidal modulation. It also permits the use of low-loss devices such as thyristors or Insulated Gate Commutated Thyristors (IGCTs), promising high efficiency. The paper investigates this topology in steady state as well as DC fault blocking capability. � 2018 IEEE. Scopus
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